Balenciaga

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Taking a cue from Rei Kawakubo, whose Comme des Garcons opened a Chelsea outpost seasons ago, the old and venerable house of Balenciaga set up shop on a gallery-lined street on the West side. Somewhere along the line, Balenciaga became the place for hardened hipsters to get skinny pants and leather jackets, to say nothing of those bags, which a certain type of woman covets more than anything.